International Women’s Day: Balance for Better

For International Women’s Day 2019, we asked BCGers around the world to commit to creating gender balance in business and society. Below are some of the videos and essays capturing BCGers across our 90 offices and their commitment to #BalanceForBetter.

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From Tokyo to Munich, from Lima to Toronto and in every country where BCG has a presence, BCGers are connected by a promise to achieve a #BalanceForBetter as they celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day.

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A Continuation of Progress

A Continuation of Progress

A Reflection on the First International Women’s Day

What “Balance for Better” Means

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CEO Rich Lesser describes the way BCG has strived for gender equality, including an equal retention rate of employees and the number of female partners increasing at three times the rate of male partners. But according to Rich, there is still more work to be done.

In Their Own Words

We asked BCGers to share with us how they plan to help achieve gender balance. We received blog submissions from BCGers across varying positions and business units within BCG, from 17 different countries. Two writers were chosen as winners of our third annual LinkedIn blog contest, and will attend the 10th annual BCG cosponsored Women in the World summit.

In her winning piece, Liyana Satar writes about how her experiences with her partner helped her see the need for female circles to be inclusive to men so that all can be involved with the progress towards gender equality.

Katharine Spooner goes back in forth in time with her winning piece, from her grandma’s service in World War II, to the progress that has been made in the almost 80 years since. “One day, perhaps, my future granddaughter will marvel at how far women’s rights have come.”

Camille McConaughey recounts in her runner-up piece about her experience of being a worker and a mother, reflecting on how other women having their careers stagnate because of maternity leave. The solution? Companies being flexible for new mothers.

Runner-up Zoe Greenburg recalls having to order lunch for her team for four consecutive months, and how it ties in with how women are treated in the work environment. Now, the whole team she works on shares the responsibility.

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